| Current Time: | May 23, 2025 at 6:34:29 am |
|---|---|
| Moon Direction: | ↑ 90° East |
| Moon Altitude: | 60.8° |
| Moon Distance: | 228,341 mi |
| Next New Moon: | May 27, 2025, 3:02 pm |
| Next Full Moon: | Jun 11, 2025, 7:43 pm |
| Next Moonset: | Today, 2:44 pm |
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Tarawa, May 2025
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| 2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| 1 | 9:22 am | ↑ (62°) | 9:59 pm | ↑ (299°) | - | 3:40 pm | (62.4°) | 228,541 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | 10:25 am | ↑ (62°) | 11:00 pm | ↑ (297°) | - | 4:43 pm | (63.2°) | 232,316 | 25.6% | |
| 3 | 11:25 am | ↑ (64°) | 11:57 pm | ↑ (294°) | - | 5:41 pm | (65.9°) | 236,284 | 36.1% | |
| 4 | 12:19 pm | ↑ (68°) | - | - | 6:34 pm | (69.9°) | 240,140 | 47.0% | ||
 5 | - | 12:48 am | ↑ (290°) | 1:09 pm | ↑ (72°) | 7:21 pm | (74.9°) | 243,630 | 57.6% | |
| 6 | - | 1:34 am | ↑ (285°) | 1:54 pm | ↑ (78°) | 8:05 pm | (80.5°) | 246,601 | 67.5% | |
| 7 | - | 2:16 am | ↑ (279°) | 2:36 pm | ↑ (84°) | 8:46 pm | (86.3°) | 248,959 | 76.5% | |
| 8 | - | 2:56 am | ↑ (274°) | 3:16 pm | ↑ (89°) | 9:25 pm | (87.7°) | 250,688 | 84.2% | |
| 9 | - | 3:34 am | ↑ (268°) | 3:55 pm | ↑ (95°) | 10:04 pm | (81.8°) | 251,801 | 90.6% | |
| 10 | - | 4:13 am | ↑ (262°) | 4:36 pm | ↑ (101°) | 10:44 pm | (76.2°) | 252,349 | 95.5% | |
| 11 | - | 4:53 am | ↑ (257°) | 5:17 pm | ↑ (106°) | 11:26 pm | (71.1°) | 252,384 | 98.6% | |
| 12 | - | 5:34 am | ↑ (252°) | 6:02 pm | ↑ (111°) | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||
 13 | - | 6:19 am | ↑ (247°) | 6:49 pm | ↑ (114°) | 12:10 am | (66.6°) | 251,959 | 99.8% | |
| 14 | - | 7:07 am | ↑ (244°) | 7:39 pm | ↑ (117°) | 12:58 am | (63.0°) | 251,113 | 99.2% | |
| 15 | - | 7:58 am | ↑ (242°) | 8:31 pm | ↑ (118°) | 1:48 am | (60.6°) | 249,864 | 96.6% | |
| 16 | - | 8:51 am | ↑ (242°) | 9:25 pm | ↑ (118°) | 2:41 am | (59.7°) | 248,220 | 92.1% | |
| 17 | - | 9:45 am | ↑ (242°) | 10:18 pm | ↑ (117°) | 3:35 am | (60.2°) | 246,173 | 85.8% | |
| 18 | - | 10:38 am | ↑ (245°) | 11:10 pm | ↑ (113°) | 4:28 am | (62.3°) | 243,732 | 77.9% | |
| 19 | - | 11:30 am | ↑ (249°) | - | 5:20 am | (65.8°) | 240,916 | 68.5% | ||
 20 | 12:00 am | ↑ (109°) | 12:20 pm | ↑ (254°) | - | 6:10 am | (70.6°) | 237,799 | 58.1% | |
| 21 | 12:48 am | ↑ (103°) | 1:08 pm | ↑ (260°) | - | 6:58 am | (76.5°) | 234,489 | 46.9% | |
| 22 | 1:35 am | ↑ (97°) | 1:56 pm | ↑ (266°) | - | 7:45 am | (83.1°) | 231,177 | 35.6% | |
| 23 | 2:21 am | ↑ (90°) | 2:44 pm | ↑ (273°) | - | 8:33 am | (89.8°) | 228,099 | 24.7% | |
| 24 | 3:09 am | ↑ (83°) | 3:35 pm | ↑ (280°) | - | 9:22 am | (82.6°) | 225,544 | 15.0% | |
| 25 | 4:00 am | ↑ (76°) | 4:30 pm | ↑ (287°) | - | 10:15 am | (75.8°) | 223,789 | 7.3% | |
| 26 | 4:56 am | ↑ (70°) | 5:29 pm | ↑ (293°) | - | 11:12 am | (69.8°) | 223,092 | 2.2% | |
 27 | 5:56 am | ↑ (65°) | 6:32 pm | ↑ (296°) | - | 12:14 pm | (65.4°) | 223,589 | 0.2% | |
| 28 | 7:00 am | ↑ (62°) | 7:38 pm | ↑ (298°) | - | 1:19 pm | (62.9°) | 225,281 | 1.5% | |
| 29 | 8:06 am | ↑ (62°) | 8:43 pm | ↑ (298°) | - | 2:24 pm | (62.7°) | 228,010 | 5.8% | |
| 30 | 9:09 am | ↑ (63°) | 9:44 pm | ↑ (296°) | - | 3:27 pm | (64.6°) | 231,495 | 12.6% | |
| 31 | 10:08 am | ↑ (66°) | 10:39 pm | ↑ (292°) | - | 4:24 pm | (68.2°) | 235,373 | 21.2% | |
| * All Â鶹ӳ» are local time for Tarawa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
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